Even with California’s beautiful Spring weather there are cloudy days and cool nights. Galanter and Jones is the perfect solution for outdoor living. Galanter & Jones is a design build studio run by brother & sister duo Aaron & Miranda Jones. They debuted with a sleek line of heated outdoor seating, the first of its kind, hand built in chilly San Francisco.

Gravitating toward concrete and minimalism these pieces are modern, designed with clean, elegant lines that exude luxury and comfort. The Helios features a double curve that is smooth like river rock and ages with a patina.

With adjustable heating, simply set it to your desired temperature and enjoy. The bench will even hold the setting for next time. The stone will stay cool in the shade on hot days, keeping you comfy outdoors throughout the seasons.

Top landscape trends for 2017

The Ultimate Backyard

DIY Edible Gardens principle and lead designer, Angelica Papio shares her experience and design perspective for North Bay Home and Outdoor Living on stands now! Hear from landscape design experts on the leading design trends for 2017.

Take a peek at an local staycation home that is all about fun, food and family get together's.

Experts agree staying home is the new trend in luxury outdoor living. There's an ongoing trend of enjoying your own environment. Overall people are thinking about lifestyle. They want to integrate the garden into their lives.

Creating a tranquil sanctuary

The drought has been such a big deal that people have been really pressed to find alternatives to Lawns. We highlight meadow grass and prairie mixes as lawn substitutes. Replacement lawns, drought tolerant plants and water conservation are all part of a larger trend of sustainability that includes edible landscaping, permeable hard scape and an eco-friendly environment that doesn’t require pesticides. Such areas encourage pollinators, including bees, birds and butterflies.

Sustainability should be considered from the beginning of the design. To create a backyard that invites lingering, a design should incorporate both sustainability and usability.

Take a look at North Bay Home and Outdoor Living 2017 online mag with Page Flip!

As a featured eco columnist at ORIGIN Magazine I want to share the new issue. It is on stands nationally in the U.S., this week!

This issue, all 150 pages, features tons of women who eat impossible for breakfast, top wellness trendsetters, yoga leaders, best vegan chefs and foodies , cruelty-free fashion, Lenny Kravitz, Giselle, Melissa Etheridge and other pioneers, rockstars and athletes.

San Francisco has always been a haven for the bohemian counter-culture and still has a current way of merging art with technology and social justice with ecology. From housing the largest living wall in the United States, to pioneering organizations aiming to transform our culture though reconnecting us to ancestral arts and ceremony, SF has a wealth of eco activists who aim to make a difference by transforming the world around them.